Improved reel for dyeing and finishing silk and velvet woven fabrics



E. MAFAT.

Reel for Dyeing and Finishing Silk and Velvet Woven Fabrics.

No. 106,844. Patented Aug. 30, 1870.

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EDWARD MAFAT. orjnnw YORK; N. Y.

Letters Patent No. 106,844, dated August 30, 1870; antedated August 25,1870.

IMPROVED Rem. .E'OR nYEme AND rmrsnme SILK AND VELVET-woven rename.

.The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and. making part ofthe same To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD'MAFAT, of the city, county, and State of NewYork, have invented a certain new and useful Volute' Reel for Dyeing,Scourmg, and Finishing Silk, Velvet, and other Woven Fabrics; and Ihereby declare the nature. of my said invention, and in what manner thesame is to be constructed, so that the, public may fully understand thenature thereof, and those skilled in the mechanic arts be enabled tobuild and operate the same, to wit:

Figure 1 is a perspective. drawing of my voluie reel.

A'is the dyeing and scouring-tube.

B is the woven fabric-of silk or other material to be dyed or scoured,and is secured to the volute or spiral tenter-bars C and O, at each endof the tube, by means of tenter-hooks or .pins upon the outer peripheryof the volute bars. I

D and D. are the supporting-wheels, which are adjusted upon the squareshaft N N, and held in their proper positions by the slotted gauge-barsE and E, which are secured to the outer periphery of the wheels 1) and Dby set-screws O 0', for the purpose of expanding or contracting thelength of the reel to suit the different widths of silk or woven fabricB to be dyed or cleaned.

R is the crank or other power to operate the reel.

. S S S" S" are small spiral or other suitable springs, which secure thevolnte bars 0 O O tov the wheels D and D.

These volute tenter-bars or reel are adj nstable, also, upon'the axis orsquare shaft N N, consequently, when the silk or other cloth B isstrained tightly upon the re- .volving volnte reel or bars 0 0'0", theflexible springs S S S" S' allow the volute bars 'to be drawn towardeach other without tearing the fabric; hence, it is a flexible reel.

clearly showing the flexible springs S S S" S.

The nature of my invention consists'in the con strnction of two voluteor scroll-bars, provided with any suitable number of tenter-hooks orpins, for the purpose of stretching the woven fabric around the entirescroll or outer, periphery thereof, so that each V coil or layer of silkor velvetis kept separate from the others 'dun'ng the whole process ofdyeing or scouring the same, thus avoiding the many diflicultiesattending the ordinary process forsiich work.

Another point of novelty is the flexible springs, ar ranged insuch amanner that the volute reel or bars yield 'tot-he strain of the fabric,thus preventing its tearing during the process of dyeing. Hence, Ibelieve my invention to be of great value to the dyeing trade and thepublic. Therefore, 1.

What I claim as novel and useful, andwhat I wish to secure by 'LettersPatent of the United States,

books or pins on the outer periphery of the spiral curve, and flexiblesprings S S S and adjustable supporting-wheels D and D, with slottedgauge-bars E and E, secured by set-screws O O to the adjustable wheelsupon the shaft or axle N N, all arranged and operating in 'the mannerand for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereun to subscribe my name in the presence oftwo witnesses. E. MAFAT.

Witnesses:

S. Monro-omens, JAMES P. MGLEAN.

A volute reel or bars 0 C O", proyided with tenter-

